| Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
|---|---|
The recent recipient: Ravi Kishan (2025) | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First award | David Abraham Cheulkar, Boot Polish (1955) |
| Currently held by | Ravi Kishan forLaapataa Ladies (2025) |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
TheFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given byFilmfare as part of its annualFilmfare Awards forHindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the awards started in 1954, awards for the best supporting actor category started only the following year 1955. As of 2023,Anil Kapoor leads the list, with four wins.Vivek Oberoi (Company, 2003) currently also holds the record of being the youngest recipient of the award, whereas Anil Kapoor holds the record for being the eldest (Jugjugg Jeeyo, 2023), whileAbhishek Bachchan holds the record for winning the award thrice consecutively (2005, 2006 & 2007).[1]
| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Actor with most awards | Anil Kapoor | 4 |
| Actor with most nominations | Pran,Amitabh Bachchan | 9 |
| Actor with most consecutive wins | Abhishek Bachchan | 3 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Naseeruddin Shah | 8 |
| Actors with most nominations in a single year | Mehmood(1962), Raaj Kumar(1965), Feroz Khan(1970), Prem Nath(1974), Pran(1975), Amjad Khan(1981), Naseeruddin Shah(1983), Akshay Kumar(2005), Pankaj Tripathi(2021-2022) | 2 |
| Films with most nominations in a single year | 3 Idiots (2010) –Boman Irani,R. Madhavan,Sharman Joshi. | 3 |
| Oldest winner | Anil Kapoor | 66 |
| Oldest nominee | ||
| Youngest winner | Vivek Oberoi | 26 |
| Youngest nominee | Akshaye Khanna | 22 |
| Year | Photos of winners | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 (2nd) | David Abraham Cheulkar ‡ | John | Boot Polish | [2] | |
| No Other Nominee | |||||
| 1956 (3rd) | Abhi Bhattacharya ‡ | Shekhar | Jagriti | [3] | |
| Johnny Walker | Johnny | Railway Platform | |||
| Ulhas | Inspector Sher Singh | Kundan | |||
| 1957 (4th) | Motilal ‡ | Chunni Babu | Devdas | [4] | |
| Johnny Walker | Master | C.I.D. | |||
| 1958 (5th) | Raj Mehra ‡ | Kashiram | Sharada | [5] | |
| Ajit | Krishna | Naya Daur | |||
| 1959 (6th) | Johnny Walker ‡ | Charandas | Madhumati | [6] | |
| Rehman | Rehman | Phir Subah Hogi | |||
| Sohrab Modi | Ezra | Yahudi | |||